28 JANUARY 1893, Page 19

Mr. Patterson has succeeded to the Premiership in Victoria, and

on Thursday the complete list of his Ministry was re- ceived in London by the Agent-General. The new Prime Minister has declared in his manifesto that he is " deeply impressed by the gravity of the situation," and that he is determined "to stop the decline in the financial status of the Colony, and ultimately to efface the deficit." We trust that he may be successful, Mr. Patterson, who is a Free-trader, began life as a working-man, and if the accounts given of his views are true, he is opposed to State Socialism.